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Simple, low-cost steps enhance adolescents' health Publish Date: 15-MAR-2010 04:37 PM Simple, low-cost measures such as wearing a pedometer to inspire walking and spending a few minutes a day meditating can put adolescents on the track toward better health, researchers report. These types of side-effect-free steps can quickly help lower important numbers like blood pressure, heart rate and even weight, counteracting today's unhealthy, upward trends among young people, said Dr. Vernon Barnes, physiologist at the Medical College of Georgia's Georgia Prevention Institute.
Program could help teens control asthma Publish Date: 08-MAR-2010 01:51 PM An asthma program specifically tailored to teens could help those in rural areas manage their disease and avoid potentially fatal complications, Medical College of Georgia researchers say.
Black women at increased risk for weakened heart muscle at childbirth Publish Date: 22-FEB-2010 08:58 AM Black women are at significantly increased risk for developing a potentially deadly weakening of the heart muscle around the time of childbirth, researchers report. A study examining the incidence of peripartum cardiomyopathy in women who gave birth at a Medical College of Georgia's teaching hospital between July 2003 and July 2008, showed that while 55 percent of the women were white, 93 percent of those who developed cardiomyopathy were black, said Dr. Mindy B. Gentry, an MCG cardiologist.
Early life stress may predict cardiovascular disease Publish Date: 09-FEB-2010 02:10 PM Early life stress could be a risk factor for cardiovascular disease in adulthood, researchers report."We think early life stress increases sensitivity to a hormone known to increase your blood pressure and increases your cardiovascular risk in adult life," said Dr. Jennifer Pollock, biochemist in the Vascular Biology Center at the Medical College of Georgia and corresponding author on the study published online in Hypertension.
MCG's Inaugural Go Red for Women Symposium set for Feb. 5 Publish Date: 25-JAN-2010 10:35 AM The Medical College of Georgia Vascular Biology Center and Diabetes & Obesity Discovery Institute will hold the campus's inaugural Go Red for Women Symposium Feb. 5 to help increase awareness of scientific endeavors to better understand and treat cardiovascular disease in women. The American Heart Association's Go Red for Women initiative was established in 2004 to help lower the cardiovascular-related mortality rate of American Women, one of every three of whom die of the disease.
Key player identified in cascade that leads to hypertension-related kidney damage Publish Date: 05-NOV-2009 08:58 AM AUGUSTA, Ga. – A key player in a cascade that likely begins with stress and leads to high blood pressure and kidney damage has been identified by researchers who say the finding may lead to better ways to control both.
Medical College of Georgia researchers have found endothelin, a powerful blood vessel constrictor and inflammatory peptide, increases the number of T cells in the kidneys, which helps recruit other immune cells, causing inflammation and destruction.
Neuroscientist explores links between the brain and blood pressure Publish Date: 26-OCT-2009 04:33 PM Like the conditions she studies, Ann Schreihofer figures she is a result of genetics and choices. The MCG neuroscientist, the product of analytical parents, is dissecting the relationship between the brain and blood pressure.
Red grape skin extract could be new treatment for sickle cell disease patients Publish Date: 22-OCT-2009 04:07 PM AUGUSTA, Ga. – An extract in red grape skin may be a new treatment for sickle cell disease, say Medical College of Georgia researchers.
The extract, resveratrol, a natural dietary polyphenol typically found in red wine and various plants and fruits, has been found to induce fetal hemoglobin (the main oxygen protein in the fetus), preventing red blood cells from sickling.
Mini-Medical School fall semester begins Oct. 6 Publish Date: 29-SEP-2009 11:19 AM AUGUSTA, Ga. – Benign breast diseases, movement disorders, in vitro fertilization, coronary heart disease and pancreatic cancer are among the topics slated for the fall semester of the Medical College of Georgia Mini-Medical School that begins Oct. 6.
The lecture series, conducted by MCG faculty members, helps educate the public about health care as it gives them a taste of what medical students learn.
